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comradesExplanation MRS GQINEBE: On the 19th of March 1990 the Comrades were giving people some stands, vacant stands and as they were soldiering that, I do not know what happened later on, but the police came and the police started shooting and people ... we called Pluto’s. They use to stay at Nyanga East next to terminus. Barnard was from those people, while he was with us now, he told us come out comrades, you are cowards, are you afraid of these people. Ja and you know - as you know when somebody is calling you a coward, you don’t want to be ... ... They told the white men that this was our student and we are here to comfort the family and they were told not to stay for a long time. Even the comrades were not allowed in. They used to come to sing and the police used to come in and to chase these ... ... be represented properly. As I was told that Mr Dehal is the one who would be able to represent us in a proper manner and as we expect him to do as comrades. He's got some background, because he got some information from the other comrades and he was told that since we've been there in prison we ... ... myself from my activities and, in any event, I went on trying to do, finish my schooling, but, as you know, we were all connected somehow so your Comrades would know you by name or by face. Later on I got involved again, like, within the SRC and I was chosen again to be the Chairperson of the ... to prepare myself by getting into top physical conditionand more importantly, I was instructed to get weapons and ammunition in Umtata,Transkei from comrades at the APLA High Command. I cannot recall the names ofthese persons, I was given their code names and I cannot remember them any longer.I ... MR DUMA: No. I gave the orders direct to Mr Biko. I ordered them, I sent one of our comrades to make a contact that, to Mr Yengeni and Mr Veveza as well as Mogeti, that I want to meet with them in Zukile's house around three in the afternoon, knowing that at that time they will expect me to be ... MR GULENI: An R4 rifle. We followed the comrades who were coming from Umtata as they came to the office as we were still reporting about this story, and when Mr Mfeketho was taking me home, these comrades proceeded to the school, after getting the report. After coming back from home, when we ... ... within the camp and what happened is that during 91, that was a massive year where most of these agents who infiltrated, organised innocent comrades within the camp and mobilised them to steal property within the premises and go and see it to the local peasants ... ... who was a sell out and he said I’ve done something to the boers. Or maybe in the community where I am living there is someone or maybe among the comrades that I am working with, there is someone who has said to the boers I have done ... Yes, I am going to tell the story where it all started. In 1985 when the struggle started here in Colesberg. My father was one of the comrades here in Colesberg who decided in 1985 who were being harassed by the police and constantly detained. He would be detained for fourteen days. And that ... While I was still there, one of my comrades, comrade Moses Mahone was handcuffed, was chained in the legs and I could see that the comrade was injured. to walk on foot. As I was walking, there was some angry shouts, the Witdoeke are there and they already are in site KTC and we ran with a number of comrades who were there and we went towards KTC, next to the (indistinct), to stop at (indistinct). There were two Hippos. They came very close to ... ... was - he was one of the commanders or their commander in Swaziland, had given them that instruction to kill Ben because Ben had basically sold out ... NADEL MEMBER: Thank you Honourable Chairperson, members of the Commission, the Minister of Justice, friends, colleagues, comrades and everybody else. activities. I can mention some of them. He participated in the killing of the Zwane family at Zone 12, he also played a role in the killing of the comrades and one of the comrades was Daddy Keswa, who was a member of Umkhonto weSizwe. He left the township to stay somewhere ... ... I talked it out with Pumelele and whilst we were still confused and having an intention to do something in retaliation of Comrade Chris, the comrades from Flagstaff arrived having the same idea. It's then when we began to plan as to what, how are we going to retaliate and as it has ... At that time, I remember distinctly, the ANC and comrades here were aware that the major sources of insecurity to communities, the major sources of attack against communities, were actually fermented and organised and perpetrated by elements from within the Security Forces of the State. As soon as Kuki opened the door the house filled up with people, young men, whom I could refer to as Comrades, who were masked so I could not identify them. Because it was a big house some of them went to the kitchen as well and there were only two of us there. A young man with a cap came to me, ... MR MKWANAZI: There was a group of comrades who accosted me, they assaulted me and they told me to tell them where my friend was. They claimed that we were members of IFP. I managed though to escape from them and a certain friend of mine called Mapondo advised me to go to Kwamadala Hostel, I did ... |